following

following

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: fol‧low‧ing

Adjective

following (not comparable)

1. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

   Synonyms: succeeding; see also Thesaurus:subsequent

   Antonyms: preceding; see also Thesaurus:former

   See the following section.

   • 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pp.284-5

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

2. About to be specified.

   Synonym: undermentioned

   Antonyms: abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid

   The following words have no definition […]

3. (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.

   The following wind sped us on our way.

Usage notes

(Senses 1, 2) When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like the following two remarks instead of the two following remarks.

Derived terms

• cult following

Translations

next in sequence or time

Arabic: (indefinite) تَالٍ‎ (tālin), (definite) التَّالِي‎ (at-tālī) Armenian: հաջորդ (hy) (haǰord), հետևյալ (hy) (hetewyal) Belarusian: насту́пны (nastúpny) Bulgarian: сле́дващ (bg) (slédvašt) Catalan: següent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 下列 (zh) (xiàliè), 下 (zh) (xià) Czech: následující (cs) Danish: følgende, næste (da) Dutch: volgende (nl) Esperanto: sekvinta, sekvanta Finnish: seuraava (fi) French: suivant (fr) German: folgend (de), anschließend (de), nachstehend (de) Greek: ακόλουθος (el) m (akólouthos), κάτωθι (el) (kátothi) Ancient: ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos) Hungarian: következő (hu) Interlingua: sequente Italian: seguente (it) Latin: sequens, deinceps, posterus (la) Macedonian: следен (sleden) Norwegian: Bokmål: følgende (no), påfølgende (no) Plautdietsch: näakjst Polish: następny (pl), następujący (pl) Portuguese: seguinte (pt) Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij) Slovak: nasledujúci Spanish: siguiente (es) Swedish: följande (sv) Turkish: ertesi (tr) Ukrainian: насту́пний (nastúpnyj)

about to be specified

Armenian: հետևյալ (hy) (hetewyal) Bulgarian: сле́ден (bg) (sléden) Catalan: següent (ca) Danish: næste (da) Esperanto: jena Finnish: seuraava (fi) French: suivant (fr), ci-après (fr) Georgian: შემდეგი (šemdegi), შემდგომი (šemdgomi) German: folgend (de), nachstehend (de) Greek: εξής (el) (exís), ακόλουθος (el) m (akólouthos) Hungarian: következő (hu), alábbi (hu) Icelandic: eftirfarandi Japanese: 次のもの Norwegian: Bokmål: følgende (no) Portuguese: seguinte (pt) Russian: сле́дующий (ru) (slédujuščij) Spanish: próximo (es) Turkish: müteakkip, sonraki (tr)

wind blowing in the direction of travel

Bulgarian: попъ́тен (popǎ́ten) Finnish: myötäinen (fi) French: favorable (fr) German: folgend (de) Greek: ούριος (el) m (oúrios) Russian: попу́тный (ru) (popútnyj)

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Latin: (please verify) sequens

Preposition

following

1. After, subsequent to.

   Following the meeting, we all had a chat.

Translations

subsequent to

Arabic: بَعْد‎ (ar) (baʿd) Egyptian Arabic: بعد‎ (baʿd) Bulgarian: след (bg) (sled) Danish: efter (da) Finnish: jälkeen (fi) French: après (fr), postérieurement à, à la suite de (fr) Georgian: შემდგომ (šemdgom), შემდეგ (šemdeg) German: folgend (de), nach (de) Greek: κατόπιν (el) (katópin), ακολούθως (el) (akoloúthos) Polish: w ślad za (pl), automatycznie (pl), automatem, z automatu (pl) Swedish: efter (sv)

Noun

following (plural followings)

1. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.

   He had a loyal following.

   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport‎:

     And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.

2. Vocation; business; profession.
3. (with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

   The following is a recommendation letter from the president.

   The following are the three most important questions.

Translations

a group of followers

Bulgarian: свита (bg) f (svita) Danish: følge n Esperanto: adeptaro Finnish: kannattajakunta French: mouvance (fr) German: Anhänger (de) f pl, Anhängerschaft f, Gefolge (de) n, Gefolgschaft (de) f, Fangemeinde (de) f Greek: ακολουθία (el) f (akolouthía), συνοδεία (el) f (synodeía), κοινό (el) n (koinó) Ancient: ἀκολουθία f (akolouthía) Russian: аудито́рия (ru) f (auditórija) Swedish: följe (sv) n, anhängare (sv) c pl

a thing or things to be mentioned immediately after

Hungarian: alábbiak pl

Verb

following

1. present participle of follow